On the Strategic Defense Initiative, Keyworth states that "the whole argument for so-called third-generation nuclear weapons whose radiated energy could be focused into a directed-energy weapon, and used, for instance, as an SDI entity, was a pack of lies, unadulterated lies."[1]

Outed as the source of press leaks describing the HP board's declining opinion of CEO Carly Fiorina, which led to the resignations of Keyworth and Tom Perkins from the board.